Accountable Tech Executive Director and Co-Founder Nicole Gill issued the following statement on the Ninth Circuit Court’s narrowing of the district court’s injunction blocking California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code:

“Since the moment this law was passed, NetChoice has been on a mission to stop it – weaponizing our legal system to ensure that Big Tech companies continue profiting from harm to kids. The Ninth Circuit’s ruling makes clear that the lower court’s injunction was far too broad. The district court must now reconsider the safety-by-design and privacy-by-default protections central to the Age-Appropriate Design Code. The California AADC has benefitted from the hard work of countless advocates, organizations, and lawmakers that secured the unanimous passage of this law. This legislation is about more than youth online safety — it’s about California leading the way in finally holding Big Tech companies accountable for their addictive and harmful designs that fuel their profits at the expense of young people’s mental health and wellbeing.”